Savings-bank.



C. FISHER.

SAVINGS BANK.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 11, 1912.

1,072,?09, Y Patented Sept. 9,1913.

COLUMBIA PLANUGRAPH 60., WASHINGTON D c 4/ jzve72%27' CHARLES FISHER, orornoneo, ILLINOIS, nssrenon TO THE AUTOMATIC RECORDING SAFE COMPANY, orCHICAGO,- ILLINOIS, A ooltronarron or ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Patented Sept. 9,1913;

Application filed March 11, 1912. serial No. 683,178.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES FIsHER, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSavings-Banks, of which the following is a specification.

'My invention relates particularly to savings-banks provided withseveral coin-compartments adapted to keep the 'coins of differentdenominations separate from each other to facilitate counting of thecoins when the savings bank is taken to the banking in stitution for thepurpose of effecting a deposit of the savings.

My primary object is to provide improved means for insuring thesavings-bank against tampering. More particularly, my object is toprovide improved means for guarding the coinslots of the savings bankand locking the casing to the interior body which is pro vided with theseveral coin-compartments.

The invention is -i llustrated in its p re-' ferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, 1n-wh1ch Flgure 1 represents a 'SldQ elevational vew of my improvedsavings-bank, showing the body or core, which isequipped with the coin-compartments; partially withdrawn from thecasing, or'cover; Fig.2, a longitudinal vertical section of thesavings-bank; Fig. 3, a view showing the casing in section and the core,or coin-receptacle body, in plan, the latter being-shown-partially insection; Fig.4, a broken top view of 'a-combination slot-guard andlock-device; Fig. 5, a

horizontal section taken as indicated at line plate or members shown inFig. At, the view: being taken as indicated at line 7 of Fig. 4

and showing one of the slot-guard guides;

and Fig. 8,- aperspective view of one of the coin-slot guards.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a body, or core, providedwithmoneyreceptacles, or coin-chambers; and B a cas-' ing which receivesthe body A and 1s pref-' er'ably secured thereto by means of theinternal lock which will be presently described.

The body A is of a general form now known, comprisinga base 1 andcoin-receptacles 2 r sing from said base. In the illusticalcross-section, and the coin-receptacles are grouped about a centralbill-chamber .3 into whichv bills may be inserted through bill-opening 4in the base 1. One of the chamber 2 may be used optionally to hold billsor coins; The body has its base 1 ofa base and have open upper ends andopen or slotted outer sides, as shown. Thus, the coin-chambers areformed by flanges 5 which their upperends with extensions 5*, whichceive the locking-bolts carried by the upper wall of the casing BL plate6 of oval form and a depending perlpheral wall or flange 7, whichtelescopically rece ves the body A; thus the periphcoin chambers 2. Theperipheral wall of the casing is providedin itsupper portion withcoin-slots 8, which register with the upper ends of the severalcoin-compartments 2, sothat coins can be passed, by lateral insertion,into the upper portions of the coinchambers, to permit which action theflanges 5 are cut away at their upper portions, as indicated at9. Thevertical wall of the casassociated with graduations 11, thus enablingthe amount of moneyv in each coinreceptacle to be ascertained at aglance.

Applied to the inner surface of the top of the-casing is a lock-carryingand guard-carrying plate 12, which may be of cast metal, and which ispreferably secured by means of clenching-lugs 13- (Fig. 6.), formed.integrallywitlr the top member 6 of the casing, extending downwardlythrough perforations in the plate 12 and clenched upon lugslt'with'which the lower face of the plate 12 lower surfaces, as shown.Glenching-members 13 are disposed on opposite sides of the rise. fromthe base 1. The flanges which formthe end receptacles are provided atare provided with slots 5 adapted to retrationgiven, the casing is ofoval or ellipchambers 2 opens into or coalesces with the 1 centralchamber 3, so that this particular form corresponding with the contourof the Y casing B, and the body is adapted to fitsnugly within thecasing' The coin-chambers preferably are formed integral with the p Thecasing B preferably comprises a topv eral wall 7 provides the outerwalls of the I ingis also provided with vertical slots 10,

is provided, thelugs 14 having beveled lock and centrally of the lengthof the top member (3 of the casing. The casing-top 6 is furtherprovided, as shown in Fig. 2, with an inwardly struck lug 15, whichenters the slot 16, with which the plate 12 is provided, to insureproper positioning of the plate 12.

At the central portion of the plate 12 is a lock-casing 17 formed by acentral rectangular depending embossment on the casting 12. Theembossment 17 is provided with a chamber 18 which opens at its upperside; and said chamber receives the flat locking-bolts 19 and asuperposedfillet or plate 20, which is thus located between thelocking-bolts 19 and the top wall 6 of the casing. The upper surfaces ofthe plate or casting 12 and the fillet 20 are provided with complementalrecesses 21 and 22, respectively, which accommodate a U-shaped spring23, whose arms are provided with down-turned extremities 24:, which passthrough slots 25 in the fillet and enter perforations 26 in the bolts19. The lower wall of the chamber 18 is recessed, as indicated at 25, toaccommodate the lower ends of the down-turned extremities 24. of thespring. 7

The casing top is preferably equipped with a name-plate 27, which may besecured by rivets 28. The name-plate, the top-wall 6, the fillet 20, andthe lower wall of the chamber 18, are provided with registeringperforations adapted to receive a rotatable key-barrel 29. Thekey-barrel is slotted in the usual way to receive a key. The centralopening 30 of the fillet is provided with an internal annular rib 31,crossed by a slot 32, where the key may enter. The rib 31 is adapted toregister with a slot in the key. Obviously, the location of the rib 31may be varied, that is, placed in different horizonml planes ondifferent banks to provide for changing the keys. The rib 31 is providedwith a lug or lugs 33, as shown in Figs. 2 anda, to insure the key beingturned in the right direction in unlocking the bank. It will beunderstood that the spring 23' serves to throw the bolts into engagementwith the slots 5 with which the core is provided. To permit the bolts toproject from the lockcasing, the end walls of the chamber 18 areprovided with slots, as indicated at 34. The bolts are shouldered tolimit their outward movement. 9 It will be understood that the bolts 19are of such formation that when the key is inserted .and rotated, thekey will serve to retract the bolts against the force ofv the spring 23.

The peripheral portion of the plate, or casting, 12, is equipped withoutwardly and downwardly projecting lugs 35, which have their lowerwalls cut away, as indicated at 36, to permit the insertion of coins.The lugs 35 are provided with slots 37 and serve as guides for coin-slotguards 38,

which are movable in said slots and normally pressed outwardly intocontact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall 7 of the casing bymeans of springs 39 confined in sockets afforded by the inner ends ofthe slots 37, as shown in Fig. 2. The coin-slot guards 38 have theirouter ends beveled, as indicated at 40, to contact with the innersurface of the vertical wall 7 of the casing. Each plunger or slot-guard38 is T-shape in cross-section, having its upper portion provided withlateral flanges &1, which engage the lateral recesses 42 of the T-shapedslot 37. The beveled outer ends 40 of the members 38 extend across thecoinslots 8. When a coin is inserted, the slotguard is moved inwardlyand upwardly in its inclined guide; and by reason of the cutawayportions 36 of thelugs 35, the coin is free to be inserted in ahorizontal plane, while the plunger form-guard which projects throughthe open lower side of the guide will move inwardly and upwardly and outof the way. This arrangement results in economy of space, which is animportant factor in this class of construction. Moreover, the T-shapedplunger-form guards 38 afford ample bearing surface, and preventrotation of the guards in their guides.

The manner of using a safe of this character is now generallyunderstood. The body A is inserted in the casing B, the base 1 of saidbody serving to close the lower end of said casing. By means of asuitable key,'the locking-bolts 19 may be retracted to permit the partsto be brought together, whereupon the bolts, when released, will enterthe sockets 5 and securely lock the parts together. Coins are insertedthrough the slots 8, the guards 38 yielding to permit the coins toenter. Normally, the guards effectually block. the coin-slots, so thatthe coins, once inserted, cannot be removed through the coin-slots. Thecoins fall into the receptacles and are maintained therein in stackedrelation. When desired, a key may be employed, by authorized parties, todisconnect the casing from the body A, whereupon-the casing may belifted off, leaving the contents accessible. The coins in thereceptacles 2 will be found arranged according to denomination, instacked relation, thus facilitating counting and handling.

The safe described can be manufactured at moderate cost, is durable,secure and thoroughly practicable from the standpoint of manufacture.The locking-device is exceedingly simple; and the coin-slot guards arecheap, strong, durable and effective.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearnessof'understanding only, and no unnecessary limitation should beunderstood therefrom.

engaging the lateral grooves of said T-slot.

2. A savings-bank, comprising a casing having coin-slots in itsperipheral wall, said casing equipped with guides at its upper wall,said guides having their lower .walls cut away and having lateral slots,and plunger-form coin-slot guards having their outer ends locatedadjacent the coin-slots,

said guards having lateral flanges movable in said lateral slots andhaving also portions projecting below said flanges.

In a savings-banlnethe combination of a body provided withcoin-receptacles, a casing having a vertical wall provided in its upperportion with coin slots corresponding with said coin-receptacles, aplate carried by the top wall of said casing and provided with inclinedguides having cutaway lower walls, and T -form plungers movable in saidguides and having their outer ends projecting beneath said plate andserving as guards for said coin-slots.

4.; In a savings-bank, the combination of a body provided with coinreceptacles, a casing adapted to receive said body and having a verticalwall provided in its upper portion with coin-slots corresponding withsaid coin-receptacles, a cast metal plate within said casing and securedto the top wall thereof, said plate having inclinedlugs carried by itsperipheral portion and having inclined T-shaped slots therein, the lowerwalls of said lugs being cut away, and spring-projected T-form plungersin said slots provided with beveled outer ends engaging the innersurface of the vertical wall of the casing and guarding said coinslots.

5.; In a savings-bank, the combination with a casing having a ooin-slottherein,

of a wall provided with an inclined guideslot open at'lts lower side,and a plungeriorin slot-guard worklng 1n sa1d guide-slot and having aportion normally projecting through said open lower side.

CHARLES FISHER.

'- In presence of-V O. C. AvIsUs, J. G. ANDERSON.

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' a Washington, D. C.

